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2017 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts 3WT CP Last Week
1 < 4 Alabama (57) SEC 13-1 1521 +4 *1 W 26-23 (1OT) N #3 Georgia (CFP Final)
2 < 3 Georgia SEC 13-2 1454 +4 2 L 26-23 (1OT) N #4 Alabama (CFP Final)
3 < 2 Oklahoma Big 12 12-2 1374 -1 3 L 54-48 (2OT) N #4 Georgia (CFP Semi/Rose)
4 < 1 Clemson ACC 12-2 1292 -3 4 L 24-6 N #3 Alabama (CFP Semi/Sugar)
5 < 5 Ohio State Big Ten 12-2 1286 +3 5 W 24-7 N #8 USC (Cotton)
6 < 10 UCF (4) AAC 13-0 1248 +6 7 W 34-27 N #7 Auburn (Peach)
7 < 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 13-1 1194 -4 6 W 34-24 A #11 Miami (FL) (Orange)
8 < 9 Penn State Big Ten 11-2 1120 +1 8 W 35-28 N #12 Washington (Fiesta)
9 < 13 TCU Big 12 11-3 974 +1 9 W 39-37 N #15 Stanford (Alamo)
10 < 7 Auburn SEC 10-4 917 -6 12 L 34-27 N #10 UCF (Peach)
11 < 14 Notre Dame Ind 10-3 857 +4 11 W 21-17 N #16 LSU (Citrus)
12 < 8 USC Pac-12 11-3 839 -1 10 L 24-7 N #5 Ohio State (Cotton)
13 < 11 Miami (FL) ACC 10-3 769 -6 13 L 34-24 H #6 Wisconsin (Orange)
14 < 17 Oklahoma State Big 12 10-3 758 +4 14 W 30-21 N #22 Virginia Tech (Camping World)
15 < 18 Michigan State Big Ten 10-3 705 +4 16 W 42-17 N #21 Washington State (Holiday)
16 < 12 Washington Pac-12 10-3 668 -3 15 L 35-28 N #9 Penn State (Fiesta)
17 < 20 Northwestern Big Ten 10-3 528 +3 17 W 24-23 N Kentucky (Music City)
18 < 16 LSU SEC 9-4 368 -1 18 L 21-17 N #14 Notre Dame (Citrus)
19 < 24 Mississippi State SEC 9-4 359 +5 20 W 31-27 N Louisville (Taxslayer)
20 < 15 Stanford Pac-12 9-5 336 -6 19 L 39-37 N #13 TCU (Alamo)
21 < 23 South Florida AAC 10-2 267 +2 21 W 38-34 N Texas Tech (Birmingham)
22 < 25 Boise State MWC 11-3 251 +4 22 W 38-28 N Oregon (Las Vegas)
23 < NR NC State ACC 9-4 232 +3 23 W 52-31 N Arizona State (Sun)
24 < 22 Virginia Tech ACC 9-4 126 -2 25 L 30-21 N #17 Oklahoma State (Camping World)
25 < 19 Memphis AAC 10-3 119 -9 24 L 21-20 N Iowa State (Liberty)
RV < 21 Washington State Pac-12 9-4 84 -5 RV L 42-17 N #18 Michigan State (Holiday)
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 9-4 46 -- RV W 26-19 N Michigan (Outback)
RV < NR Iowa State Big 12 8-5 36 -- RV W 21-20 N #19 Memphis (Liberty)
RV < NR Army Ind 10-3 33 -- RV W 42-35 N San Diego State (Armed Forces)
RV < NR Florida Atlantic CUSA 11-3 32 -- RV W 50-3 N Akron (Boca Raton)
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 11-2 14 -- RV W 50-30 N North Texas (New Orleans)
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 10-4 13 -1 RV W 33-27 N Houston (Hawaii)
RV < NR San Diego State MWC 10-3 3 -- RV L 42-35 N Army (Armed Forces)
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 8-5 2 -- RV W 27-20 N Boston College (Pinstripe)
NR < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 9-4 0 -- RV W 34-0 N Toledo (Dollar General)
NR < NR Ohio MAC 9-4 0 -- RV W 41-6 N UAB (Bahamas)
NR < NR Utah Pac-12 7-6 0 -- RV W 30-14 N West Virginia (Heart of Dallas)
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 8-5 0 -- RV W 55-52 N Texas A&M (Belk)

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 10.0 4619
Big Ten 5 10.4 4833
ACC 4 16.0 2419
Big 12 3 8.7 3106
Pac-12 3 16.0 1843
AAC 3 17.3 1634
Ind 1 11.0 857
MWC 1 22.0 251

Milestones

Last Appearances

Weekly Streaks:
- Michigan State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Washington State's Top 25 streak ends at 15

Season Streaks:
- Alabama has longest active final poll streak with 10
- Baylor's season streak ends at 7
- Florida State's season streak ends at 7
- Texas A&M's season streak ends at 7
- Wisconsin's final poll streak reaches 5

Total Appearances:
- Auburn ties Florida State for #14
- Memphis ties March Field for #106
- Michigan State reaches 390 appearances
- Oklahoma State ties Purdue for #38
- UCF ties San Diego State for #97

Miscellaneous:
- Preseason Turnover: Nine teams that were ranked in the preseason poll were not ranked in the final poll. The biggest drop was #3 Florida State.

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • The 3WT (3 Week AP Ranking Trend) column represents the net change in AP ranking over the last three weeks by comparing the rank from two weeks ago to the current rank (three total rankings). If a team was not ranked two weeks ago, they are given a default rank of 26 whether they received votes or not. This may or may not be a permanent feature, or it could be changed to four weeks.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.